Memory I have of Jimmy Greaves

Jimmy was born in East London in February 1940. He scored on his debut aged 17 when he
scored in the 1-1 draw against Spurs. He then became the first player to score 100 goals
before the age of 21. When Jimmy left Stamford Bridge his last game was against Notts
Forest. Chelsea won 4-3 and Jimmy scored all four goals. When the game was over Chelsea
supporters carried Jimmy on their shoulders around the ground so he could wave to the
crowd. I felt so sad to see him go and Chelsea have never replaced him.

He played for England 57 times and scored 44 goals. When he left Stamford Bridge he signed
for A.C. Milan but was only there for only 4 months and he then returned to England and
signed for Spurs for a fee of £99,999.

Towards the end of his career he was plagued by Alcoholism but Jimmy was too strong a
character and he came through and finished up as a celebrated pundit on TV and also he
writes a column in the Sun newspaper.